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COIN-CONTROLLED MECHANISM.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 520,931, dated June 5,1894. Application filed August 29. 1893- Serial No. l84,282. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HORACE A. MANLEY, of the city of Boston, in thecounty of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Goin- Oontrolled Mechanisms; and Iherebydeclare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description ofthe same, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, forming partof this specification.

This invention has reference to improvements in devices which may beactuated by a coin to allow the internal mechanism to be operated.

The object of this invention is to simplify the construction of devicesof this class and to reduce the cost of manufacture.

Another object of the invention is to so construct a novelcoin-controlled mechanism that but a single operation of the device maybe secured for each coin inserted in the slot thereof.

Another object is to produce a new and peculiar device for answeringquestions.

Still another object is to so construct a coin-controlled device havinga slotted cover, a shutter for closing the slot, and an internal devicehaving a series of answers to questions that the opening of the shutterwill cause the answering-device to be automaticallylocked.

The invention consists in the combination with a slotted door, or cover,and an internal device having numbered answers adapted to be broughtopposite the slot in the door, of a shutter adapted to cover the portionof the. answer device opposite the slot in the door, and to be lockedand unlocked.

The invention also consists in the peculiar construction of theanswer-device.

The invention still further consists in the peculiar locking-mechanismfor locking the shutter against operation until released, in. the mannerspecified, and for automatically locking the answer-device when theshutter is operated.

The invention also consists in such other peculiar features ofconstruction and combination of parts as will hereinafter be more fullydescribed and pointed out in the claims.

Figure 1 represents a front elevation of the device, a portion of thedoor, or cover, being broken away to show the answer device. Fig.

2 represents a back view of the door, or cover, showing the internalmechanism. Fig. 3 represents a cross-sectional inverted view of thedevice taken on a line 50-41: Fig. 2. v

Similar numbers of reference designate corresponding parts throughout.

In the drawings 5 indicates a box, or case, of any desiredcross-sectional shape and of suitable size, and 6 is a door, or cover,hinged or otherwise secured to the case 5,the door 6 is furnished with anarrow slot 7 at the up per portion and with a name-slot 8 at about thecenter of one side and has also a central perforation,on the outersurfaceof the door is secured a sheet of paper, or other material, 9having a series of questions, a list of advertisements, a series ofillustrations, 850., each advertisement, illustration, 650., having itsappropriate number, this sheet 9 may be covered with a glass if desired.In the central perforation of the door is journaled a short shaft 11having at its outer end a thumb-nut 12 and secured at its inner to thedisk 13 having a series'of teeth 14c1 l arranged around itscircumference, or formed in part therewith. Secured to the rear of thedoor 6, at its upper central portion, is a guide 15 in which the lever16 slides, the upper end of this lever is bent forward to form thepush-piece 17 extending outward from above the door, and the lowerportion of the lever extends at right angles to form the arm l8,to theguide 15 is secured a screw 19 to which the upper end of thecoiled-spring 20 is fastened, the lower end of the spring being fastenedto the pin 21 which extends through the lever 16, forming on one side afixture for the spring 20 and on the other a stop-pin for engagingbetween the teeth 14 of the disk 13 when the lever 16 is depressed. Tothe surface of the lever 16,

toward the door, is secured the shutter-arm 22 having at its lower endthe shutter 23 for wholly or partially closing the name-slot 8, and tothe arm 18, of the lever 16, is pivoted the catch-lever 24 having thelower finger 25, the counterweight 26 and the upper bent end 27furnished with the catch-notch 28, the upper endof this catch-leverworking between the pins 29 and 30 secured to the back of the door 6.The chute 31 is fastened, by means of the bracket 32, to the rear of thedoor 6, at its lower portion one edge being left open to allow thefinger 25 of the catch-lever 2 1 to freely vibrate within the chute, thecross-sectional shape and size of the chute is determined by the size ofthe coin or other token by the use of which it is proposed to unlock thecatch-lever.

When the device is used for advertising purposes the operation is asfollows: The advertisement which it is desired to answer is firstselected, the number being noted. The thumb-nut 12 is then turned untila number corresponding to that of the advertisement is presented to viewthrough the open portion of the slot 8. A coin is then dropped into theslot 7 and passing down the chute 31 presses the finger 25 of thecatch-lever 24: outward,

disengaging the notch 28 from the pin 29 and throwing the upper end ofthe catch-lever against the pin 30. This movement, however, not beingsufficient to allow the coin to pass the finger 25,the push -piece 17 isnow pressed downward carrying with it the lever and the shutter-arm,uncovering the slot 8 at the same time that the pin 21 is broughtbetween two of the dial-teeth,14 and bringing the bent end 27 of thecatch-lever between the pins 29 and 30, thus allowing the finger 25 toswing outward sufficiently to permit the coin to drop out of the chuteinto the box 5. The operator holds the push-piece 17 down until he hascopied the name of the party advertising, but is prevented from turningthe disk 13 to secure other names by the pin 21 being between the teeth14:. The dropping of the coin from the chute and the moving of theshutter are practically simultaneous, and as the coin drops away fromthe finger 25 the weight 26 throws the finger back into the positionshown in solid lines in Fig. 2, thus preventing the withdrawal of thecoin if a string be attached thereto. When the push-piece is releasedthe mechanism will again be set by means of the spring 20.

This device may be used in a variety of games, for a toy bank and forother purposes.

Having thus described my invention, 1 claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. In a coin-controlled apparatus, the combinationwith a case, and a door for closing the same, the door being furnishedwith a slot and a list of numbered questions or illustrations, of arotatable-disk within the case having on one surface a list of answersor titles, a shutter for closing the slot in the door, a locking-deviceworking in unison with the shutter and adapted to lock the disk againstrotation, and a coin-controlled mechanism for releasing the shutter.

2. In a coin-controlled apparatus, the combination with a coin chuteopen at the bottom and a portion of one edge, of a counterweightedcatch-lever, pivoted on adepressible support, having a curved upper endfurnished with a catch-notch and a depending finger adapted to enter thechute, of two pins mounted on a support between which the upper end ofthe lever moves adapted to limit the vibration of the lever, asdescribed.

3. In a coin-controlled apparatus, the combination with a slotted doorcentrally perforated, a shaft journaled in said perforation and atoothed disk secured to the inner end of the shaft, of a shutter forcovering the slot in the door, a catch adapted to be operated by theopening of the shutter to engage the disk-teeth, and acoin-controlledmechanism for releasing the shutter.

4:. The combination with the door 6 having the slots 7 and 8 and acentral perforation, the shaft 11 journaled in the perforation andfurnished with the thumb-nut 12, and the disk 13, having teeth 14arranged around its circumference, secured to the inner end of saidshaft, of a shutter for closing the slot 8 and adapted to engage thedisk 13, and a coincontrolled device for releasing the shutter.

5. The combination-with the door 6 having the slots 7 and S and acentral perforation, the shaft 11 journaled in said perforation, thedisk 13 having the teeth 14 mounted on the shaft, and the chute 31secured to the rear surface of the door extending downward from the slot7, of the guide 15 secured to the rear of the door, the lever 16 havingthe arm 18 and push-piece 17 mounted in the guide, the pin 21 extendingthrough such lever, the spring 20 secured to the pin 21 and to a screwon the guide, the shutter-arm 23 carrying the shutter 24, secured to thelever 16, the catchlever 21 pivoted to the arm 18 and having the finger25, the counterweight 26, and the bent end 27 furnished with the notch28, the pin 29 secured in the door for engaging said notch, and the pin30 also secured in the door for limiting the vibration of the catch, asdescribed.

In witncss whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

HORACE A. MANLEY.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM K. RITCHIE, CHARLES W. WELLS.

